Portugal’s second largest city is renewing itself and becoming a popular destination as a side-trip from Lisbon or a weekend getaway from the UK. The hilly and compact city center can easily be covered in a couple of days depending on how much port wine you’re prepared to try!

Topping The Economist’s list of the world’s most liveable cities for a staggering 6 years in a row, Melbourne proudly wears the crown of being Australia’s cultural capital. It’s a city made for ‘Culture Buffs’, with sensational food, excellent galleries, endless shopping, trendy laneways, awesome street art and a full calendar of cultural events – the list just goes on and on!

How long in LA? Get the touristy stuff out of the way: Hollywood Sign, Walk of Fame, Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Have red velvet pancakes the size of your head at the Griddle and keep an eye out for celebrities getting their smoothie on at healthy cool spots like Urth Caffé.

When you envision Austria you’re probably picturing the city of Salzburg and it’s surrounds. This is thanks to the images put in our minds from The Sound of Music. Salzburg’s other major claim to fame is being the birthplace of Mozart. The city itself is compact and the main sights in town can be covered in one full day.

The birthplace of the Renaissance and a moment to the artistic awakenings of the 15th century, Florence is a beautiful city filled with great art, architecture and delicious food. Culture buffs will have a feast on the galleries and stack of museums here. Despite being so compact travellers often enjoy lingering here to just relax or use it as a base for exploring the surrounding regions of Tuscany.

Vienna is a cultural powerhouse. It offers so much for travellers to see that it’s impossible to cover it all within a single trip. Everyone essentially becomes a ‘culture buff’ when in Vienna and you can’t miss out on the Altstadt, Schönbrunn and the Hofburg complex.

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